Durie Hill
Suburb
Durie Hill Memorial Tower
Durie Hill Memorial Tower
Coordinates: 39°56′17″S 175°04′07″E / 39.938026°S 175.068702°E / -39.938026; 175.068702
CountryNew Zealand
CityWhanganui
Local authorityWhanganui District Council
Area
[1]
 • Land257 ha (635 acres)
Population
 (June 2022)[2]
 • Total2,270
Whanganui East
Bastia Hill
(Whanganui River) Whanganui Central
Durie Hill
 Okoia
Putiki Marybank

Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. It was designed with curvilinear streets, reserves, croquet lawns and tennis courts.[3]

The Durie Hill Elevator connects the suburb with Anzac Parade.[4] The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow, but most residents of the new suburb refused to fund it.[5][6]

A revitalisation programme was launched in 2019, including the introduction of planter boxes and the founding of a village market.[7]

Demographics

Bastia-Durie Hill statistical area covers 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 2,270 as of June 2022,[2] with a population density of 883 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20062,139—    
20132,112−0.18%
20182,130+0.17%
Source: [8]

Bastia-Durie Hill had a population of 2,130 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 18 people (0.9%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 9 people (−0.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 900 households, comprising 1,041 males and 1,089 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female. The median age was 46.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 375 people (17.6%) aged under 15 years, 297 (13.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,011 (47.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 447 (21.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 89.0% European/Pākehā, 17.2% Māori, 1.7% Pacific peoples, 3.4% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 16.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.5% had no religion, 35.9% were Christian, 1.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 1.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 420 (23.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 264 (15.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 267 people (15.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 879 (50.1%) people were employed full-time, 267 (15.2%) were part-time, and 48 (2.7%) were unemployed.[8]

Education

Durie Hill School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[9] with a roll of 219 as of April 2023.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Schrader, Ben (11 March 2020). "City planning - Planning between the world wars". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  4. ↑ "Durie Hill Elevator and Tower". Visit Whanganui. Whanganui District Council. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Smart, Maxwell J.G.; Bates, Arthur P. (1972). The Wanganui Story. Wanganui: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd. p. 187.
  6. ↑ Wrigglesworth, Karen (2 January 2011). "Wanganui, NZ: Durie Hill Tunnel & Elevator". Geeky Getaways. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Brooks, Paul (27 June 2019). "Durie Hill team steps up". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Wanganui Midweek.
  8. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Bastia-Durie Hill (225900). 2018 Census place summary: Bastia-Durie Hill
  9. ↑ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  10. ↑ "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
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